by Fern McErlane | Feb 27, 2023 4:43PM | Sport
An upcoming nationwide campaign encourages girls at school to take part in football in an all-day event. #LetGirlsPlay is spearheaded by the FA and Barclays, and aims for girls to have the same football opportunities as boys in schools and clubs by 2024. Schools are...
by Isabel Shore | Feb 27, 2023 4:31PM | News
Hundreds of people gathered on Friday in Sheffield’s Peace Gardens to mark the first anniversary of the ongoing war in Ukraine. A ceremony in the Winter Gardens was held beforehand to commemorate the 487 children who have died in the conflict so far. Ukrainian artist...
by Olivia Mustafa | Feb 27, 2023 4:16PM | News
Protestors are set to demonstrate outside Sheffield Central Library tonight in solidarity with an international transgender author. Canadian novelist and cartoonist, Sophie Labelle, is due to speak about her upcoming novel The Best of Assigned Male, a coming-of-age...
by Daniel Hunt | Feb 27, 2023 4:10PM | Long Reads
The Sheffield Clean Air Zone will come into force today to tackle the “invisible killer” of air pollution but small independent businesses and local artists have voiced their concern that the initiative will fundamentally damage their livelihood. The controversial...
by Joao Santos | Feb 27, 2023 3:52PM | News
The University of Sheffield has announced two Ukrainian language courses, one of which is a first of its kind in the UK. Coming a year after the conflict started, the six-week courses are an attempt to show support, as the world worries about how Ukrainian culture...
